& A special in-store presentation with *Yomo Toro* in
El Barrio, USA on

*Fri. 1.18.08*

*David Fernandez, Aurora, Yomo Toro & Sammy Rosa: Zon del Barrio*

Twelve days of Christmas??? Not for Latinos, the party continues into *Las Octavitas with Zon del Barrio*.

Saturday, January 12 – Two shows: 11:30 p.m. & 1 a.m.

Gonzalez & Gonzalez
625 Broadway & Lafayette, New York, 10012*

Cost : No Cover

There’s never a cover and there’s even a free dance lesson if you get
there early. But bring your own on2 partner for insurance. There’s also
a mouth watering Mexican cuisine for those who want dinner and a full
bar for the drinkers. Performing dance-style classic Afro-Puerto Rican &
Cuban music from the barrios, *Aurora & Zon del Barrio* bring its foot
stomping, funk-based classic salsa, plena, bomba & boogalu to the
corners of the Barrios where Latinos live, work, & play the “son” found
throughout the Caribbean.

Welcome to the barrio zone; Where History Becomes Music. Come check
out our new members of Zon del Barrio. New Year, New Sound, New Soul….
www.ZondelBarrio.com. Click on our EVENTS page to watch a clip from our
sold out x-mas show with YOMO TORO @ SOBs.

An original, co-founding member of Cortijo y su Combo, singer/songwriter Sammy Ayala was part of the first all-black orchestra featured over Puerto Rican television daily in 1954 ….. ten years BEFORE the civil rights act was signed into Congress in the U.S. Rafael Cortijo’s group fused the music of the great Antilles, crossing color and economic divides, to pave the way for the upbeat salsa music we enjoy today.

Active in his senior years, Sammy Ayala is a member of Zon del Barrio alongside Yomo Toro who will be celebrating Sammy’s birthday. Read their bios @ www.zondelbarrio.com.

Take a look, hear the music, and i’m sure you’ll agree that Sammy’s life makes for an inspirational evening.